“GOLDEN APRICOT” DEPICTS ARMENIAN GENOCIDE WIHT HELP OF FOURTH
GENERATION OF GENOCIDE SURVIVERS’S DESCENDANTS
Yerevan, July 11. ArmInfo. “Genocide Inside Me” film by young Canadian
film director Araz Artinian is represented in the competition program
of “Golden Apricot” Film Festival.
Artinian stated at today’s press conference that she was aimed to
show the feelings of the fourth generation of the genocide survivors’
descendants. She said that any Armenian in various countries of the
world could constantly feel the gap between the Armenians and the
Turks. She went to Turkey, to visit the village of her ancestors.
Getting a Turk guide for her trip, she began communicating with him and
tried to fancy the feelings of the very Turks, who, according to her,
in many cases have no idea about the genocide. The Turk guide was no
exception. Learning about the genocide, Enver wrote to Araz, already
his pen friend, that he is ready to kill even now, as the desire to
kill is in his blood. In the end of the film, Artinian tries to find
out whether it is possible to overcome the hatred to the Turks. It
turned out that even after a century neither the Armenians not the
Turks can’t communicate with each other without any contexts.

“ARMENIA-FRANCE” FIFTH BICYCLE RACE STARTS IN KAPAN
KAPAN, JULY 11, NOYAN TAPAN. “Armenia-France” fifth bicycle race
started on July 9 from the Syunik regional center of Kapan. 70
Armenian and French cyclists will pass nearly 750 kilometeres along
almost impassable roads of Armenia. As the Noyan Tapan correspondent
was informed from Ashot Korkotian, Representative of the Cycling
Federation of Armenia, the route to be passed by 7 tours runs from
Kapan to Tatev – Sisian – Yeghegis – Sevan – Martuni – Hankavan –
Vanadzor direction. Mainly the alumni of orphanages of Armenia and
France take part in the race. Like in the previous bicycle race, this
year also the boarding schools of Vanadzor will be reconstructed and
furnished by the funds collected from the race.
The bicycle race will end on July 21 in Vanadzor.

FOREIGN CITIZENS ADOPTED 44 CHILDREN FROM ARMENIA IN 2005
Yerevan, Julky 11. ArmInfo. Forty-four children from Armenia were
adopted by foreign citizens in 2005, Armenian Justice Minister David
Haroutiunyan told ArmInfo.
He said foreign citizens adopt about 40-50 Armenian children yearly
in average. 75% of foreign citizens adopting children from Armenia
are Armenians residing in the USA, France, Italy, Russia and other
countries. Of course, tragic cases cannot be overseen, however,
the government carefully studies the financial and social state of
parents. Psychologists work with them for a long time to find out
how the new family will perceive a new child, the minister said.
Presenting an International Convention on protection of children’s
rights when adopted by foreign citizens at the Constitutional Court of
Armenia, Minister Haroutiunyan said the document, which was signed
on 29 May 1993 in Hague, aims to create mechanisms guaranteeing
protection of children in case of their adoption by foreign citizens.
Among the commitments Armenia undertook when signing the document is
establishment of a consultative body regulating the adoption process.
To note, Armenia joined the Convention with a reservation related
Article 22: adoption of children by foreign citizens must meet the
Armenian legislation and not the provisions of the Convention. To
come into effect, the document requires ratification by the Armenian
National Assembly.

‘S7’ COMPANY WILL PAY FOR THE TRANSPORTATION OF AIR CRASH VICTIM
KAREN ANDREASIAN’S BODY
Yerevan, July 11. ArmInfo. “S7” (“Sibir”) Air Company will take the
expenses of transportation of the body of Karen Andreasian, victim of
the recent crash in Irkutsk, to Armenia. “S7” manager for marketing and
flight promotion in Armenia Garik Saroyan said that the company will
pay for the transportation and the burial of the body, wherever Karen
Andreasian’s corpse will be laid to rest – in Moscow or in Yerevan.
To be reminded, A310 airbus flying from Moscow to Irkutsk crashed
when landing on July 9, 2006. 124 of 203 passengers were killed,
among them citizen of Armenia Karen Andreasian.

AZEBRAIJANIS START FIGHTING OCCUPANT INSECTS
Yerevan, July 11. ArmInfo. Azerbaijanis have again started a fight
against occupation, this time against “insects that have occupied their
lands” coming from the territories under control of Nagorny Karabakh,
APA reports this absurd information.
The source reports that “a mass inflow of vermin and wild animals to
the lands under control of Azerbaijan” is a result of fires in the
territories on the part of Armenia. “Reptiles are attacking sown
areas. Several people have already applied for medical assistance
after snake bites,” APA reports.
Azerbaijani Media report also several cases of flood in the country.
However, no allegations against Armenians have been made so far.

ILHAM ALIYEV: THERE HAS NEVER AND COULD NOT BEEN ANY GENOCIDE OF ARMENIANS
Yerevan, July 11. ArmInfo. Armenia is educating its young generation
in the spirit of enmity, says Ilham Aliyev, President of Azerbaijan,
in an interview with the Cumhurriet.
He says Armenians make claims to Turkey “basing on lie, slander, they
try to achieve recognition of the invented ‘genocide’ by Europe. It
testifies that Armenians have taken a bellicose position. First
of all, there has been no genocide. It was they who were killing
Turks, Azerbaijanis for all times.” He brings the example of European
states that had repeatedly fought against each other, but established
relations later.
Repeating the confirmation by the newspaper’s correspondent
that “Armenians live in the past” Aliyev added “that is why they
cannot develop” (hereby he confirmed the existence of this past –
ed. ). As regards the possible recognition of Armenian Genocide by
the international community, Ilham Aliyev urged his Turkish comrades
to fight against it like they do in Azerbaijan. “It is necessary to
expose the Armenian false propaganda and inform the international
community of the reality,” he said.

PROSECUTOR DEMANDS 7 YEARS OF IMPRISONMENT FOR OPPOSITION YOUTH
ORGANIZATION LEADER FOR TIES WITH ARMENIAN SPECIAL SERVICES
Yerevan, July 11. ArmInfo. Prosecutor of Azerbaijani court for felony
cases proposed sentencing Leader of Yeni Fikir youth organization
Ruslan Bashirli and his deputies Ramin Tagiyev and Said Nuriev for
different terms in prison for ties with special services of Armenia.
They are sentenced to 7 years of imprisonment in labor-correction
penitentiary, 5 years of high security and three years conditional
term, respectively. INTERFAX reports the defendants are alleged “an
attempt to seize power,” “illegal business activity,” “tax evasion”
in accordance with the Criminal Code of Azerbaijan.

Armenian premier, Iranian health minister discuss joint projects
Arminfo
11 Jul 06
Yerevan, 11 July: Armenian Prime Minister Andranik Markaryan today
met Iran’s Minister of Health, Treatment and Medical Education Kamran
Baqeri-Lankarani in Yerevan.
The sides highly assessed economic and political relations between
the two countries, the press service of the Armenian government
told Arminfo. They discussed the construction of the Iran-Armenia
gas pipeline, a third power line, a hydroelectric power station on
the River Araz, the repairs of a part of the Armenia-Iran road and
wind power stations built in Armenia with the help of the Iranian
government.
Markaryan said that the Armenian-Iranian intergovernmental commission
is soon to discuss implementation of the projects which were agreed
during Armenian President Robert Kocharyan’s recent visit to Iran.
In turn, Kamran Baqeri-Lankarani said that the Iranian and Armenian
health ministries agreed to implement several joint projects in 2005.
On behalf of Iran’s first vice-president, he also extended an
invitation to Armenian Prime Minister Andranik Markaryan to pay a
visit to the Islamic Republic of Iran in the near future.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

Investigators probe Russian plane disaster as relatives desperately seek news
By MIKE ECKEL
AP Worldstream;
Jul 11, 2006
Relatives and friends of passengers aboard an Airbus A310 that crashed
at a Siberian airport went from one hospital to another Tuesday in
hopes of finding survivors, while aviation officials struggled to
explain Russia’s second deadly passenger jet disaster in nearly as
many months.
Three other incidents involving Russian-operated planes occurred
on Monday, including the crash-landing in Ukraine of a jet carrying
Russia’s navy chief.
Several officers on board suffered burns. The two other incidents
involved successful emergency landings after technical failures _
adding more questions about the safety record of the nation’s civil
aviation industry.
In Irkutsk, 4,200 kilometers (2,600 miles) east of Moscow, the Airbus
airliner, operated by the company S7, careened off a wet runway and
slammed into adjacent garages Sunday morning, bursting into flames.
As of Tuesday, 125 of the 203 people aboard were confirmed dead,
after one died in a hospital, the Emergency Situations Ministry
said. Fifty-two remained hospitalized.
The Russian prosecutors’ office said 128 had died, including the
hospital patient. Neither office could explain the discrepancy.
Twelve of the most critically injured were transported to Moscow on
Tuesday for medical treatment, and more were expected to be sent in
coming days, regional government officials said.
The preliminary investigation showed that the plane’s braking
system failed, Russian news agencies reported, citing unnamed
sources. Transport Minister Igor Levitin said the two flight recorders
were being analyzed.
There were 193 passengers on the Moscow-Irkutsk flight Sunday _
including 14 children _ and a crew of 10, the S7 press office said. At
least 12 were foreigners, from Belarus, Poland, China, Germany and
Azerbaijan, according to the flight manifest.
At one Irkutsk morgue, dozens of people struggled to identify their
loved ones, clustering around printed lists of the victims, which
bore graphic, clinical details of the victims. One woman shouted in
frustration at the line of police controlling the entrance to the
morgue: “Can we just go and see the children? Can’t we just identify
the children?”
Ivan Zotov said he lost his 32-year-old brother, who was returning
from a vacation at the Black Sea resort of Sochi. His brother’s wife
and daughter had not learned of the death yet, since they were on a
train home to Irkutsk.
“It’s ridiculous. It’s like they’re just a sack of potatoes. How can
we figure anything out from these lists?” Zotov said, shaking his
head in frustration.
Levitin told reporters that authorities were looking into a proposal
to lengthen the runway at the airport by 400 meters (a quarter-mile)
and he announced financing for resurfacing the runway.
The plane, built in 1987, had been regularly maintained and met all
certifications, airline spokesman Konstantin Koshman said.
The catastrophe was the second major commercial airline crash in two
months in Russia. It was the fourth air crash in Irkutsk in the past
12 years.
In May, another Airbus crashed in stormy weather off Russia’s Black Sea
coast as it prepared to land, killing all 113 people on board. Airline
officials blamed the crash of the Armenian passenger plane on driving
rain and low visibility.
Airline experts said though Russia’s safety record is not yet up to
Western standards, it is far better than during the chaotic post-Soviet
period, when the state carrier Aeroflot split into hundreds of private
carriers, many of which lacked funds to properly maintain and service
their planes.
“The safety record has improved a lot in recent years. In not all
that long from now, it may be comparable with the West,” said David
Learmount, an aviation safety expert from the British weekly Flight
International.

BBC Monitoring quotes from the Turkish press 11 July 06
Israelis and Palestinians
Hurriyet (centrist) Can there be anyone who believes that what is
happening in Palestine is not covered in information available to
the USA, or even its new Middle East map? The government in Turkey
knows what is happening in Iraq and Palestine but ignores it. It even
gives covert approval, while our Muslim brothers scream “Damn the USA,
Damn Israel!’ and burn US and Israeli flags.
(Commentary by Bekir Coskun)
What nerve, what indifference the Ehud Olmert government [in Israel]
has not to hesitate openly to commit a crime not only in terms of
international law but also in terms of the law on war despite the 60
years that have passed [since the Holocaust against Jews]. The ‘law
on war’ definitely bans both collective responsibility and collective
punishment! (Commentary by Hadi Uluengin)
Milliyet (centrist) The world has already forgotten Bosnia. Now
it is watching the massacre by Israel in Palestine. (Commentary by
Can Dundar)
It is obvious this strategy will rebound. The violence will not stop
and Israel will not get anywhere like this. The whole world says
so openly. How far can the Olmert administration risk being pushed
into a total isolation in the international community? (Commentary
by Sami Kohen)
Radikal (centre-left) The slogan of the groups who have recently
reacted sincerely in the name of the Palestinians is ‘The people of
Palestine are not alone’;. But in reality the Palestinian people
have been alone, very alone from the beginning. Pro-Palestinian
public opinion in the West is far from determining foreign policy,
as usual. And we are all already well aware of the attitude of the
Muslim countries that are supposed to be backing the Palestinian
cause. (Commentary by Nuray Mert)
Turkey and USA
Bugun (centrist) Whether it is Iran, Hamas, Syria or Israel-Palestine,
Turkey is in no position to resolve any issue in the Middle East on
its own. Terms like ‘mediator’ or ‘facilitator’ are meaningful only
when there is coordination or a common vision with the USA. Documents
like the ‘Strategic Vision’ [recently declared by Turkey and the USA]
becomes meaningful when there are common efforts on the issues such
as Hamas and Iran. (Commentary by Cengiz Candar)
Security threats to Turkey
Cumhuriyet (secular, Kemalist) The Soviet Union has disintegrated,
Yugoslavia has disintegrated, Iraq has (de facto) disintegrated. Turkey
is under siege. Terrorists in northern Iraq under American occupation
are continuing their bloody attacks in Anatolia. An Armenian state in
the north and a (de facto) Kurdish state to the southeast of Turkey
have been formed. The enmity among the Armenian, Greek Cypriot
and Greek diasporas is becoming extreme. The process of settling
outstanding accounts with the Republic of Turkey has started.
(Commentary by Ilhan Selcuk)